Likewise, the second Enterprise was a privateer purchased for the Continental Navy. Little is known ... mounted to an F-4 Phantom at the stern of the ship. At 8:18, the rocket became so hot ...

To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...

Specifically, the U.S. Navy's CG-47/DD-963 Stern Flap R&D Team has received one of the EPA's 1998 Climate Protection Awards, as it was singled out for "Technical Breakthroughs in Ship Energy ...

in 1774 and was soon appointed to the Continental Navy. During the Revolutionary War, he commanded ships off the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean and in European seas, capturing and destroying ...